The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2007

Retention and public inspection of documents

71.—(1) The sheriff clerk shall retain for a year all documents and records relating to an election forwarded to him in pursuance of these Rules by a constituency returning officer, and then, unless otherwise directed by order of the Court of Session, shall cause them to be destroyed.

(2) The documents mentioned in paragraph (1) except–

(a) ballot papers;

(b) the completed corresponding number lists; and

(c) certificates as to employment on duty on the day of the poll,

shall be open to public inspection.

(3) Any electronic copy of information forwarded to the sheriff clerk under rule 69(1)(i) shall not be open to public inspection.

(4) The sheriff clerk may, on request, supply copies of or extracts from the documents open to public inspection on payment of such fees and subject to such conditions as may be sanctioned by the Treasury.